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Gender-based Barriers to Senior Management Positions: A Case Study of Female Managers in Zain Telecommunication Company In Kampala District

ABSTRACT This study examined gender-based barriers to women in senior management positions in Zain Telecommunication Company in Kampala district. Specifically, the study sought to assess the extent to which Zain Telecommunication Company had implemented the affirmative action in promoting equal employment opportunity for staff; the extent to which the barriers to women in senior management positions were gender-based and; the relationship between gender-based barriers and senior management. A...

Capacity Building and Improvement of Procurement in Wakiso District Local Government, Kampala, Uganda

ABSTRACT The study focused on how capacity building can lead to improved procurement in local Government of Wakiso district local government . It was prompted by reports of increasing low levels of compliance, shoddy work, poorly managed contracts and failure by entities to follow the prescribed procurement procedures provided for in Local Government (PPDA) Act, Regulations 2006 and Local Government guidelines 2008. The objectives were to determine the level of capacity building in Wakiso dis...

The Private Sector and Labour Conditions in Kampala District (Uganda)

ABSTRACT This study was carried out in Kampala district. It covered employment in the formal private sector organizations in various sectors ranging from educational, health to constructional services. Th~ major objectives of this study was to examine the private sector development and its implication in determining the employment conditions under which the employees in the formal private sector organizations worked, the existing laws and regulations governing the working conditions in privat...

Workplace Stress and Health Workers’ Performance in Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital Kapala, Uganda

ABSTRA CT The title ofthe study/s ~work place stress and health workers “performance in Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital’. Some of the objectives were that the study examined the extent to which work p/ace stress relates with performance of health workers~ to recommend strategies that will enhance performance of heafth workers iii mental institutions and to identify the level ofstress and that ofperformance in Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital. To establish performance ...

Factors Affecting Effective Execution of Employee Performance Appraisals in Organisatons: A Case of Plan International -Uganda

ABSTRACT The study Investigated the factors affecting effective execution of employee performance appraisals in organizations, using Plan International Uganda as a case study. The study was guided by the following main objectives: to find out how employee performance appraisal is done in Plan International Uganda; to establish the value employees of Plan International Uganda attach to employee performance appraisals; and to establish the factors affecting effective execution of employee perfo...

Proactive Work Behaviour and Performance of Employees in Non-traditional Agricultural Export Enterprises In Central Uganda

ABSTRACT The level of employee performance has become more imperative as businesses are looking for competitive advantage in over-saturated global market. One way to improve performance of employees is to motivate them to behave in a proactive manner. This study investigated the relationship between p:-oactive work behaviour and perfonnance of employee in non-traditional agricultural expmt enterprises in central Uganda. Existence of few empirical studies on the effect of pro-active work behav...

Distribution Channels and Supply Chain Management in Coca-cola Company in Mogadishu-somalia

ABSTRACT Distribution channel plays a key role within the context of supply chain, to ensunng that customers get their products at the right place and at the right time. This study was intended to examine the relationship between distribution channels and supply chain management with specific objectives of 1) To assess the relationship between outsourcing and supply chain management 2)To examine the relationship between distribution centers and supply chain management 3)To find out the relati...

Women Education and Quality of Life in Kicukiro, Rwanda

ABSTRACT This report is a result of an academic research entitled ‘Women education and quality of life in kicukiro district”. The main purpose of this study was to identify the correlation between education and quality of life. The study was guided Four research questions. i) What is the profile of respondents? ii) ) What is the importance of women education on quality of life? iii) What is the extent of Quality of life in Kicukiro District? iv) What is the significant relationship betwee...

Challenges Faced by United Nations Agencies in Delivering Emergency Response Services in South Central Somalia

ABSTRACT The impact of growing insecurity on the humanitarian situation is severe and the delivery of aid to the 3.2 million Somalis in need has been seriously reduced as NGO workers, UN agencies have become prime targets, This calls for investigations on the challenges faced by the United Nations Agencies delivering emergency response projects in war affected areas in order to come up with policies that can be employed to positively address the situation. The main Purpose of the study was to...

Ethical Leadership and Conflict Resolution Techniques of the Academic Administrators in Selected Private Universites In Ogadishu, Somalia

ABSTRACT The study was guided by the following research objectives; the first objective was to determine the profile of the respondents in terms of: age, gender, highest educational qualification, and rank in the university, position in the university and number of years in present position and the second and third objective was to determine the level of ethical leadership and the level of conflict resolution techniques of the academic administrators and the fourth objective was the relations...

Staff Development Programs and Employee Performance in Selected Microfinance Institutions in Uganda

ABSTRACT This study set out to establish the relationship between staff development programs and employee performance in selected microfinance institutions in Uganda. The study was based on four specific objectives: (i) to determine the influence of training on employee performance in the selected microfinance institutions in Uganda, (ii) to examine how employees' promotion affects their performance in the selected microfinance institutions in Uganda, (iii) to find out how of rewards affect e...

Infrastructure Resources and Performance of Primary Schools Under Free Primary Education in Selected Schools Eldoret, Kenya

ABSTRACT The govern~ment of Kenya introduced free primary education in the year 2003. This was very well received all over the, country due to the reduced burden on parents who were unable to pay school fees for their children. However during the initial implementation stages, it was realized that the country had limited physical infrastructure to be able to handle the ever increasing enrolment of students in primary schools. The government through the Kenya Education Sector Support Program d...

Procurement Planning and Accountability in The United Nations Entebbe Support Base Uganda

ABSTRACT The study examined the relationship between procurement planning and accountability of United Nations Logistics Base in Entebbe. Uganda. The study was guided by three objectives: determine procurement planning. extent of accountability of United Nations Entebbe Support Base, and whether there was a significant relationship between procurement planning and accountability of United Nations Entebbe Support Base. Uganda. The study comprised of a population of 190 respondents who included...

Internal Auditing and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda; A Case of Centenary Bank, Adjumani Branch

ABSTRACT The study was set to examine the impact of internal auditing on financial performance of commercial banks in Uganda. The objectives nature of the internal auditing function fInancial performance of centenary bank, examine the challenges faced in the internal audit function in financial performance of centenary bank and determine the effect of internal audit function on financial performance of centenary bank. The study was conducted used a descriptive correlation design. This design ...

The Impact of Poverty and Child Mortality in Uganda. A Case of Kanungu District

ABSTRACT The study aimed at establishing the relationship between poverty and child mortality in Kanungu district. The objectives of the study were, to determine the effects of poverty in Kanungu district, to examine the factors influencing child motility in Kanungu district and to identify the relationship between poverty and child motility in Kanungu district. These designs helped to generate information on Poverty and Child Mortality in Kanungu district. The designs employed the use of que...


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